Weather Records on 19 March 1971

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1971. Highest significance: Gladwin, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1971

On 19 March 1971, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 512 daily.
Gladwin set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 19 March 1971.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 19 March 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yuin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers City 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koorda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 149, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 19 March 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	149
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 19 March 1971 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1971

Top 20 records on 19 March 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1971	Gladwin, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1971	Manistee 3SE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1971	Sheboygan, US	daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	23.7 cm (9.3 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	E Tawas, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Yuin, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Trenton A, CA	daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Harrison 1 NNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Cartwright, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Charles City, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Lowell, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	17.6 cm (6.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Plymouth Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	New Hazelton, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	New Hampton, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Northam, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Beria, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Pocahontas, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1971	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1808 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1971. 1971 had 531 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-19 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1815	1
1825	1
1839	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	3
1847	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	3
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	4
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1887	1
1888	5
1889	1
1890	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	6
1897	6
1898	6
1899	11
1900	6
1901	3
1902	6
1903	23
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	16
1908	4
1909	8
1910	19
1911	69
1912	22
1913	31
1914	26
1915	37
1916	20
1917	54
1918	36
1919	35
1920	21
1921	66
1922	49
1923	360
1924	77
1925	123
1926	114
1927	340
1928	155
1929	46
1930	87
1931	268
1932	126
1933	381
1934	300
1935	155
1936	356
1937	302
1938	272
1939	574
1940	719
1941	516
1942	311
1943	572
1944	529
1945	711
1946	269
1947	420
1948	555
1949	461
1950	654
1951	722
1952	474
1953	215
1954	254
1955	467
1956	556
1957	379
1958	291
1959	325
1960	468
1961	360
1962	231
1963	676
1964	467
1965	1,749
1966	403
1967	1,038
1968	628
1969	525
1970	585
1971	531
1972	694
1973	558
1974	577
1975	973
1976	882
1977	684
1978	879
1979	898
1980	340
1981	667
1982	1,566
1983	1,483
1984	897
1985	771
1986	768
1987	669
1988	926
1989	782
1990	1,593
1991	1,071
1992	871
1993	1,318
1994	985
1995	766
1996	689
1997	1,921
1998	1,101
1999	985
2000	604
2001	931
2002	1,600
2003	1,136
2004	1,655
2005	715
2006	947
2007	967
2008	1,015
2009	602
2010	824
2011	919
2012	3,343
2013	793
2014	604
2015	610
2016	491
2017	1,313
2018	793
2019	516
2020	821
2021	452
2022	564
2023	993
2024	781
2025	949
2026	2,984

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	402
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1